Jeremiah 19:6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-15

The broken pot (19:1-20:6)In another acted parable Jeremiah, carrying an earthenware pot in his hand, took the leaders of Jerusalem to a place outside the city walls where old pottery was dumped. This was in the valley where the Judeans once sacrificed their children to Molech and carried out other pagan rites (19:1-2; see 7:30-34 and section, ‘Tophet and the Valley of Hinnom’).Through their leaders, the people of Judah are told that in this valley, where they have killed their children, they... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 19:6

Tophet . . . Hinnom. Compare Jeremiah 7:31 . The valley of slaughter. Compare Jeremiah 7:32 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 19:6

"Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, but The Valley of Slaughter. And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.""Tophet ..." (Jeremiah 19:6). The exact meaning of this word is not known; but, "It... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 19:6

6. no more . . . Tophet—from Hebrew, toph, "drum"; for in sacrificing children to Molech drums were beaten to drown their cries. Thus the name indicated the joy of the people at the fancied propitiation of the god by this sacrifice; in antithesis to its joyless name subsequently. valley of slaughter—It should be the scene of slaughter, no longer of children, but of men; not of "innocents" ( :-), but of those who richly deserved their fate. The city could not be assailed without first occupying... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 19:1-6

The broken jar object lesson 19:1-20:6This message to the people involved another symbolic act (cf. Jeremiah 13:1-11). This incident may have occurred between 609 and 605 B.C."In ch. 18 God explains to Jeremiah that sovereign grace is able to take the marred vessel (Israel) and remake it a vessel of usefulness (Jeremiah 19:4). But to the elders, in ch. 19, the prophet declares that their generation will be irreparably destroyed like a smashed fragile vessel, and the fragments taken to Babylon.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 19:6

Because of these sins, the Lord predicted that the place would receive a new name: the Valley of Slaughter. It’s previous names were the Valley of the Son of Hinnom and Topheth (lit. fireplace or hearth; cf. Jeremiah 7:31-32; Isaiah 30:33). A change of name in the Old Testament frequently signified a change of function (cf. Genesis 17:5; Genesis 17:15; et al.). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 19:1-15

In Jeremiah 18 the special lesson was the power of God to alter at any moment the destinies of a people. Here, on the other hand, it is taught that the time may come when the only alteration must take the form of a breaking or overthrow.1-13. Figure of the broken vessel.1. Ancients] RV ’elders.’2. Valley of the son of Hinnom] see on Jeremiah 7:31. East gate] Hebrew is obscure. RM ’gate of potsherds,’ perhaps because refuse of this sort was thrown there. 3. Kings] the whole dynasty with their... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 19:6

(6) Tophet.—See Notes on Jeremiah 7:31-32. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-15

CHAPTER XIITHE BROKEN VESSEL - A SYMBOL OF JUDGMENTJeremiah 19:1-15THE result of his former address, founded upon the procedure of the potter, had only been to bring out into clearer distinctness the appalling extent of the national corruption. It was evident that Judah was incorrigible, and the Potter’s vessel must be broken in pieces by its Maker."Thus said Iahvah: Go and buy a bottle" (baqbuq, as if "a pour pour"; the meaning is alluded to in the first word of Jeremiah 19:7: ubaqqothi, " and... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Jeremiah 19:1-15

CHAPTER 19 The Broken Bottle 1. The broken bottle and the message (Jeremiah 19:1-13 ) 2. The fate announced in the court of the Lord’s house (Jeremiah 19:14-15 ) Jeremiah 19:1-13 . He was to get a potter’s earthen bottle accompanied by elders and priests, and go to the valley of the son of Hinnom. There he should proclaim the words Jehovah would breathe into him. The message is another judgment message and needs no further comment. In Tophet, the valley of Hinnom, they had worked their... read more

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